Top Tips for High Quality Upholstery Cleaning to Make Your Life Easier

If you are thoughts of getting your upholstery cleaned, then there are several basic rules that you must follow and some rules you must not break! in order to get an end result that is clean, smells nice and looks good as well.

1. Mind your water

If you are cleaning upholstery, then obviously you will need water. However, using water at the wrong stage of your cleaning can curse disaster for upholstery. Any dust, dirt, grease, oils and dead bugs that have been worn into material will quickly turn to mud if you add water too soon. Water should be used lightly and carefully in the form of a steam cleaner or water-flushing vacuum when used on upholstery. Water is also a temperature threat to upholstery, so when you are using water, always check the manufacturers label before you apply it so that you do not unintentionally shrink, damage or burn the material. If you are washing your upholstery, such as upholstery on a sofa or on curtains, always wash them at the same time, even if there is only one part that needs cleaning, using the same temperature and chemicals to avoid shade differences once you are done.

When using water, be mindful of drying as well as upholstery that does not dry quickly or effectively enough will smell bad and attract more dirt than there was in the first place.

2. Use a High-quality Vacuum

Upholstery is normally cleaned annually and most of the time even less than that unless you have children or pets, in which case you may be cleaning more regularly. Upholstery is exposed to all the same dirt and grime that your clothing is exposed to, and some more! Crumbs, spills, footsteps, drips, drops, sweat, oils, insects, insect poops and insect dead bodies as well as skin cells have all found a loving and welcoming long-term home in the form of your upholstery. The only way to remove them is to suck them out with a powerful vacuum. If your standard home vacuum is not as powerful as you need it to be, and does not have all of the different heads and fixtures to get deep into the upholstery, then consider buying or hiring one specially for the job: you won’t regret it.

3. Use Dedicated Cleaning Detergents

Many first time upholstery cleaners think that they can use washing powders and other household cleaning products for their sofas and carpets. If you are cleaning your sofas, curtains and carpets, then get washing liquids and detergents that are specifically made for upholstery. Not only will they make your life easier, but they will smell nice and protect the material on your upholstery much better than any other product can.

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